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Design

Sheffield Children’s Hospital has been brightened up once again with illustrations created by artists including Jon Burgerman, which aim to “provide distraction” for young patients. The project has been funded by Artfelt, the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Design

designjunction is delighted to support an important charity project: Who’s Casper?
Following on from the successful #wherescasper campaign earlier this year, a selection of high profile creatives from a variety of disciplines have been invited...

Posted by: designjunction

Inspiration

Design Manchester is back, and this time it’s all about the Know How.
With a manifesto built on celebrating creativity, Design Manchester aims to promote collaboration and inclusivity across the worlds of art, design, illustration, film,...

Posted by: Michelle Collier

Design

The old hallways of Central Saint Martins are now currently home to 180 cutting-edge brands and designers from around the world. This instagraming dreamworld spread over 6 floors was a collaboration-haven with a stunning display of new textures,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Design

From 24-27 September, designjunction will bring The College and Victoria House B1 to life with a host of inspiring installations, live activities and flash factories - which will highlight the intricate making process of product design.
Expect to...

Posted by: designjunction

Features

This blog looks at how a good brand strategy can help you change the way people think, feel and act. But you have to embed it across the whole customer and employee experience, not just the brand expression.
Branding is, and always has been, about...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Features

For their latest campaign for Electric Ireland, ROTHCO quite literally looked to the stars for inspiration. What they came back with was an incredibly bold and emotionally powerful concept - what does Ireland look like from space?
They managed to...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Trends

Christmas is a time for friends, family and a nice break away from the office for most people, and this year, festive loving workers are using a holiday hack to maximise the period in 2019.
The two popular options are either 12 days or 16 days...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Zulu Alpha Kilo is raising a glass (of lemonade) to independent agencies in adland with a funny spot that shows what happens after a company sells out to a buyer.
The Toronto agency has created videos tackling a variety of well-known industry pain...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Design

The golden arches, a half-eaten apple, a pair of mouse ears... just some of the instantly recognisable logos in the world of big brands. A company’s emblem is a powerful thing and associates everything it represents in one image which means it...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Valtteri Bottas may have won the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka yesterday but the prize for the coolest ad to promote the event goes to Digitas UK and Honda.
The high-octane animation is a collaboration with Mainframe and a sequel to the Powered...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Last month, Cadbury launched a campaign with Age UK to raise awareness about the issue of loneliness amongst older people and encourage the nation to get involved by 'donating their words'.
This week, the latest stage of the work was unveiled with...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Features

When an eagle-eyed Twitter user noticed an influencer posting images with identical cloud formations, he wasted no time in calling out her ‘spooky’ behaviour. Matt Navarra’s tweet (below) about Martina Saravia got 35k likes....

Posted by: Aaron Brooks

Advertising

Fast food chain Burger King has removed the toys from its King Junior Meals in a bid to raise awareness about the effects of plastic pollution to the environment.
The Meltdown initiative, created by Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR), is also calling on...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Features

As a general rule, people don’t like rules. Especially when it’s a rule telling them not to do something. It’s our natural instinct to push the red button and rebel. Could this explain the negative reaction to the new rule against...

Posted by: Proximity London

Inspiration

“It’s like living in an amazing house with your best friends,” say Diego Machado and Hugo Veiga, executive creative directors at AKQA São Paulo, about what it’s like to work at their studio known as 'AKQA Casa'.
The...

Posted by: Ryan Watson

Advertising

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Digitas, UNIT9 and Envy Advertising recently created a powerful promo called Full Circle.
The ad is centred around the first black female astronaut, Mae Jemison, and promotes The John...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Features

We have a shared passion for music, me and my dad. When we watched this year’s Glastonbury, he was surprised he hadn’t heard of The Killers who headlined the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday night.
I found myself trying to explain why this...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Features

Each year, after the Cannes Lions festival, thenetworkone takes a few days to reflect on the events and look for the key themes and patterns which emerge. Here is our take on Cannes 2019.
At its heart, Cannes is an awards festival. A little like the...

Posted by: Julian Boulding

Awards

The 57th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place last night (23 May) at a ceremony in London where six Black Pencils - the highest accolade - were awarded.
Droga5 was awarded a Black prize in TV Commercial Campaigns and Furlined also picked up...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Fast food chain McDonald's has launched a new campaign advertising its annual Monopoly promotion, just days after MP Tom Watson said it was a danger to public health.
The new work, created by Leo Burnett London, taps into the idea that people...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Arnold steps down at AMV
Rosie Arnold (pictured) is to step down from her role as creative partner at AMV BBDO.
Arnold was most recently head of art and creative partner but spent 33 years at BBH, where rose to creative director, prior to joining...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Design

Cocoa Jones - Supple Studio​
The new branding for young chocolate product Cocoa Jones has been created by Supple Studio with a colourful theme that brings through the heritage and cultures of its two founders.
The luxury confectionary company was...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Design

Jonathan Ford, Founding Creative Partner & CEO
New generations come with new preferences, new technology and new ways of wanting to connect. Brands - regardless of their age or size - need to adapt to the needs, wants and desires of evolving...

Posted by: Pearlfisher

Inspiration

Peanuts! A children’s comic strip, with the coolest dog in the world, reaching more than 350 million people in 75 countries. But a comic strip way ahead of it’s time, addressing modern day neuroses such as anxiety, loneliness and...

Mother reaches for Sky
European pay TV operator Sky has appointed Mother London to create an integrated campaign following a four-way process.
Mother pitched against Sky roster agencies Brothers and Sisters and WCRS plus TBWA.
Sky is the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Inspiration

If you spend a bit too much time sitting in back-to-back meetings, planning rollout dates, looking at demographics and campaign performance analytics you can sometimes be in danger of forgetting what ‘it’ feels like. What is it exactly?...

Posted by: Crush

Advertising

Proximity London adds Tan
Proximity London has hired Ben Tan (above) as head of strategy to lead and oversee the growing department.
With more than 20 years of industry experience, Tan joins from BBD Perfect Storm where he was executive planning...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Great Western Railway - Five and the Missing Jewels
adam&eveDDB has created an animated ad based on Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five for Great Western Railway trains in the UK. Directed by Pete Candeland through Friends Electric, the spot follows...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Advertising

Pablo
Pablo continues to gather momentum with the recruitment of Harriet Knight, from Ogilvy as Head of Account Management; and Marcus Eley, from Grey as Head of Production. Tim Doust, founding Partner of FCB Inferno, will also join as Non-executive...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Features

At JJ Media Group our values are reflected in every aspect of our branding and culture. We are spontaneous, experimental and collaborative. Our mission is to provide our clients with an all-round, efficient, continuous service that exceeds their...

Posted by: JJ Media Group

Advertising

Mother - MoneySuperMarket
MoneySuperMarket is back on our TV screens this week, as two Sindy dolls save money on their household bills and break out of “Sindyville,” in a humorous homage to “Thelma & Louise.” The 60-second...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

Design

Jonathan Ford, Creative Partner & CEO
From Davos to Iceland, the last month has seen Governments, retailers and brands pledging - and taking - action to stop plastic pollution. Their commitment, campaigning and crusading is vital. And we are already...

Posted by: Pearlfisher

Advertising

CULT
The independent digital agency, CULT has announced its appointment of Matt Watson as Executive Creative Director. Previously, a creative director at Digitas UK and SapientNitro. Since Cat Turner and Bridey Lipscombe opened its doors in 2012,...

Advertising

Wieden+Kennedy - Nike
Nike has released their full “Just Do It” ad featuring Colin Kaepernick. The ad has Kaepernick narrating over a series of inspirational athletes and their stories of struggle: from MLS star Alphonso Davies’...